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Mozilla Firefox 4.0.1 Fixes 14 Vulnerabilities

Apr 29, 2011
1 minute read

Firefox 4.0.1 is now out, providing at least 14 fixes for security vulnerabilities in the open source web browser.

The 14 fixed vulnerabilities include 10 critical flaws with memory safety issues and three critical flaws in the WebGLES graphics library.

One of the WebGLES flaws isn’t unique to Firefox and also affected Google’s Chrome web browser. Google’s Chrome Security Team also reported an XSLT flaw that is being patched in Firefox 4.0.1.

The Firefox 4.0.1 release is the first update to Mozilla’s browser since Firefox 4 debuted in March.


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